'Be Yourself' - with Emma Zappone

Hello Everyone!

It's been a little time between projects for me, but I'm popping in to share a mood board inspired canvas with you today. You have all enjoyed an amazing Long Weekend of creativity with all the awesome challenges, but have you had a chance to play with the April Mood board yet?

Here is my take....

And here is the beautiful Mood board.....

The colours are simply stunning and totally my vibe!
I also used a couple of sheets from the 'Industrial Revolutions' Foundations Pack.

I focused on the circles from one of the sheets, this really helped my composition come together well.

I even repurposed some packaging from some ribbon I had used up.

The fabrics used are also from Lucky Findings Fabric Shreds I have used some from Earthly Riches & Very Peri, I love the softness they add to a project.

I just adore this months board and the it was a joy to create this project after quite some time of not feeling any creativity.

I hope you get the chance to create along with this challenge too.

I love seeing all your creations.

Till next time, Stay Creative!

Em xx

'Secret To Everyday Things' with Emma Zappone

Welcome!
Em with you all today 💛

To say that I love the Lucky Findings Imagery Sheets would be an understatement. These sheets of  inspiration are just perfect for any project you wish to create. Here I used the 'Map To Beauty' images.

This canvas has been created with a variety of Rub-ons and Tim Holtz products.
The colour tones are so very me and these images just spoke to me as soon as I saw them.

I kept my usual multi dimension layering to a minimum, which was very freeing. I feel this might be my way of creating this year.

So many options to tell a story.

I hope this brings a little inspiration to your day.

Em xx

New Background Technique with Emma.

Hi! 

What have you lovely peeps been creating lately?

I’m really excited to share with you this layout I created using a new technique I’ve been playing around with.
I’m in awe of, and a little stalky when it comes to, abstract acrylic painting at the moment
and so I’ve been trying and practicing this out and adapting it to scrapbook layouts.

In my video at the end of this post, you can see it come to life. 

My background consists of mostly acrylic paint, Dylusions to be exact.
I chose the rose quartz and mushy peas, not 2 colors I usually put together but I loved the feel they gave. 

For my black lines, I used Liquitex artist ink in carbon black. 

I used a Colour Blast shimmer pot in envy to add contrast splashes as well. 

Then using a Kaisercraft texture stamp, layered this over the now dry paint. 

Yes, I only used one stamp this time, so hard for me cos I love using 4 or 5,
but I really wanted the ‘art’ to shine this time. 

Then, keeping it sweet and simple, only used a strip of paper from a Heidi Swapp paper pad
and 2 tags from Heidi Swapp's Color Magic notes which I painted over
using the same paints (but on a baby wipe) to show the pattern. 

A little bit of twine, some sequins, and some ink splashes, and this little beauty was done.
So quick so simple, and so much fun!

Please check out the vid. I made, you can be sure you will see more of this style of background very soon. 

https://youtu.be/Xpmr5AUUKsA

Catch you all next month

Em xx

Moodboard Inspiration with Emma.

Welcome to Tuesday everyone!

Today I'm sharing my layout inspired by the ScrappingClearly moodboard.

The inspiration came from the colours and I purposely chose just 3, especially inspired by the flag colours.

I've really been enjoying choosing limited colours and then adding neutral tones to allow the colours to really shine.

For the base colours I used yellow, white and black Dylusions paint and the red is a Dina Wakley acylic paint.

I pulled out a few sheets from the September skies 6x6 pad to frame my pics.

In this pad there is a sheet entirely of quotes and bubbles, I chose to cut the quote out and make it fit into my layers.

Choosing only a couple of stamps, I used a Darkroom Door hexagon stamp and the cool art stamp in numbers.

This page has quite a few elements from the Heidi Swapp September Skies wood veneer pack.

I picked the hello word and hexagons, with a few arrows for fun.

And yes I totally splashed around some Liquitex Carbon ink on my page.

I loved how only a few elements and 3 colours made such an impact on this page.

I hope this inspires you to create from this months challenge and be in the running for a $30 store voucher. How awesome!!!

I can't wait to see how the board inspires you.

Catch you soon.

Em xx

Cute Kid - Emma's Version of the January Sketch

Hi everone,

Today on the ScrappingClearly blog I'm sharing my take on this months sketch

and showing some fun products and colours.

Here's the sketch, upload your version here.

To start my page I used modelling paste, and then had a play with a Colour Blast Shimmer pot in Envy,

these are sooooo fun. I also painted the wood veneer with this.

I added my favourite medium a Distress Oxide in Fossilized Amber over the top of the shimmer and paste.

Then, using a very cool new stamp, I added a few interesting layers with this,

and a couple of other stamps in my stash.

I painted my Heidi Swapp veneer and chipboard with the same mediums I used on my base.

Choosing some very awesome sheets from the Heidi Swapp September skies 6x6 range,

I created layers to follow the sketch of this month.

I have some of the Heidi Swapp Banners and was really unsure how to use them,

as I don't often use banners, so I decided to cut them up and use them like tags under my paper layers.

I also used a couple of the Heidi Swapp Star embellishments under my veneer to add more interest.

Finishing it all off like I usually do with my Liquitex ink in black flicked across my layout.

I hope you join us with our sketch this month,

you could grab yourself a very cool $30 prize.

Catch you all soon.

Em.xxxx

Practicing Art Journaling with Emma.

Hi everyone. 

Today I’m sharing another page in my art journal.
I get so nervous creating in my journal and I really need to just 'let me be me' in it.
I tend to compare my work to everyone else’s, this includes all my creations not just the journal.
But we are all unique, we like different things, we see different perspectives, and we create differently
and that’s what makes our art so awesome! 

So I pulled out my stamps and inks (because these are my fave items at the moment) and just went for it. 

It’s not at all perfect, but I had fun creating it. 

I wanted it to reflect positivity as I’m lacking that about myself at the moment. 

So I started with my main stamp, my girl, she is so gorgeous (one of the Prima Bloom girls).
I really haven’t water painted much before and thought I’d also try a ‘Style’ of this medium
using my Distress Oxide inks. 

So after stamping around my page with a few flowers and quotes (using a permanent inkpad so as not to run),
I chose my ink colours - Cracked Pistachio, Wild Honey, Abandoned Coral, Iced Spruce, and Antique Linen. 

Using the ‘feminine’ colours, I started painting the flowers with a water brush pen.
Darkening and lightening where I needed. 

Once this process was complete, I dried it and then quickly spritzed it with gold Colour Shine
and again heat dried it quickly before the Oxide inks reactivated. 

Then I grabbed a couple of stencils and used the Oxide inks with a dauber and rubbed the ink through
in a random fashion. I loved doing this, it reminded me of art class 😜 

I love the way the gold sat on top of everything. In the photos you can’t quite tell how much shimmer it has,
but it really shines on the black lines of the stamps. 

I finished with a few flicks of Liquitex black ink and stepped back and felt happy with the play I had.
I really want to enjoy creative time instead of overthinking it. 

I hope this can encourage you to try something that you might overthink?? 

Have a great holiday break and I’ll catch you all in the new year. 

Till then, Em xxx

Story of Today - A Scrapbook Layout with Emma.

Hi ScrappingClearly fans,

Hope this crazy month will allow some crafty fun for you all. 

Today I decided to use up some letters that I’ve had. 

They are Studio Calico gold alpha, 

And I’ve used them on my background instead of a stencil and texture paste. 

I did start with a gold texture paste though just painted on my On Trend2 paper like I would usually use gesso,
and then applying Distress Oxide Antique Linen and Faded Jeans. 

Some stamping, then using my photo as a guide, created a background for my photo to nestle into. 

Then I used a few scrap pieces left over from the
Pink Paislee Cedar Lane  range and ontrend2 range behind my photo. 

I tucked in a couple of Heidi Swapp paper clips to help build layers, and cut out a pineapple from one of the Ontrend2 journal cards. In my layers I also used my last Heidi swap muslin tag. I’ve loved using these. 

I also used a few Heidi swapp gold puffy stickers around the page. 

Finally, my last little touch is the Liquitex ink, in black and white. 

This was a quick layout and a great way to use up odds and ends from your collections.
I hope you have a great few days and will catch you on Thursday. 

Till then, Em xx

Forever - a Scrap layout by Emma.

Morning ScrappingClearly friends.

Today I have created a page inspired by this months sketch challenge.

And this time I think I kept it very similar to the sketch 😜 

I used a lot from the MME Ontrend 2 collection to create this page.

But I started my page with gesso and texture paste, and then added a few subtle colours
because the base paper I chose was rather bold.

These colours were made using Distress Oxide antique linen and Distress Oxide iced spruce .

I also used a little bit of Colour Shine in gold, because I chose a few gold elements.

I cut a few tags out of the On Trend 2 3x4 journal cards, that would compliment the layout.

I used a Heidi Swapp decorative tag, and to embellish it used a few things in my stash and 

I also used some Ontrend 2 stickers in and around my layout.

I finished off with Liquitex artist ink in black and white, flicked around.

I love finishing all my creations with this technique because I feel it unites every aspect.

It’s always crazy at this time of year, but hopefully, you will get a chance to play with our challenges.

And don’t forget to enter in the amazing comp that Kylie has running right now, with a very cool prize up for grabs.

Until next time, happy scrapping.

Em xx